AQW 977/16-21

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 10/06/2016
Answered On Date: 17/06/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education what action his Department has taken following the recommendations contained in the Northern Ireland Audit Office report on the Sustainability of Schools.

Answer:

The NIAO report on the Sustainability of Schools was published on 30 June 2015 and included eight recommendations agreed by my Department.

Project governance and management arrangements have been put in place to progress the implementation of the eight recommendations. Seven Project Teams involving relevant Department of Education (DE) staff, Education Authority (EA) and Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) representatives have been established.

Progress is monitored by a Programme Board that meets monthly, with quarterly progress reports provided to the DE Board.